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but today, let's look what's happening in the united states. some people are telling -- >> we're going to have to -- >> don't vote because he's secretly a muslim. is there a war >> we're going to continue this discussion on our website. rula, thank you for joining me tonight. "the ed show" is up next. stay with us and watched this online. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. thank you for joining us. we have breaking news off the top tonight. i think this may be one of the biggest turns of the campaign. today a recording of mitt romney at a private fundraiser has surfaced. it reveals his frank, candid opinion of nearly half of the american population. it was recorded without romney's knowledge. and it was provided to a magazine as well as nbc news's own michael isikoff. here's part of the tape. >> romney didn't know that was being recorded. he was speaking to donors. the romney campaign has responded tonight. mitt romney wants to help all americans struggling in the obama economy as he has made known all year
but today, let's look what's happening in the united states. some people are telling -- >> we're going to have to -- >> don't vote because he's secretly a muslim. is there a war >> we're going to continue this discussion on our website. rula, thank you for joining me tonight. "the ed show" is up next. stay with us and watched this online. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. thank you for joining us. we have...
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bush, republican candidate for president of the united states. i'm governor of our nation's second largest state which is bigger than every other state except one. welcome to presidential bash 2000 a celebration of the first political satire of the first 25 years of saturday night live. >> great obama mask. >> yeah. well, who is that under there? >> i just wanted to let the american people know that -- live from new york, it's saturday night! >> in fact, every candidate who has won the presidency in this country has done "saturday night live" so not doing it will take its place on mitt romney's now very long list of mistakes on his way to losing this presidential election. oh, and mitt, letterman doesn't hate you because you do lien o. you've given him much better reasons than that. [ male announcer ] the 2013 smart comes with 8 airbags, a crash management system and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward
bush, republican candidate for president of the united states. i'm governor of our nation's second largest state which is bigger than every other state except one. welcome to presidential bash 2000 a celebration of the first political satire of the first 25 years of saturday night live. >> great obama mask. >> yeah. well, who is that under there? >> i just wanted to let the american people know that -- live from new york, it's saturday night! >> in fact, every candidate...
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what eichenwald is saying the cell that attacked on the united states was ichd in the united states and that's what was referenced in the pbd. that's why i want that declassified. the administration identified al qaeda as a threat. they didn't understand the malt tud or urgency. they accepted, okay, we have to deal with al qaeda but they did not appreciate how big and urgent threat it was. when you see the president's conversation just then, you had a little bit of that sense. so, that was the issue. you had -- we were arguing in the counterterrorism shop, had you to elevate al qaeda at the expense of other issues on the foreign policy agenda. as michael said, they came into office with the view of terrorism as a prism through state sponsorship and iraq in particular. in the days after 9/11, there were plenty of conversations saying, are you sure iraq wasn't involved in it? it got to the point where we had to write a memo to the president saying, we analyze the information. iraq was not behind this attack. >> well, we're going to be digging through this for the rest of our lives. thank
what eichenwald is saying the cell that attacked on the united states was ichd in the united states and that's what was referenced in the pbd. that's why i want that declassified. the administration identified al qaeda as a threat. they didn't understand the malt tud or urgency. they accepted, okay, we have to deal with al qaeda but they did not appreciate how big and urgent threat it was. when you see the president's conversation just then, you had a little bit of that sense. so, that was the...
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maybe this is why romney's returns list the united states of america as a foreign country. you can understand the confusion. romney's blind trust investments also raised eyebrows. romney himself has called a blind trust an age-old rouge. instead, you can give a blind trust rules. but in his 2011 returns, romney didn't have many rules about chinese investments. mitt romney all along has been the candidate who says president obama did not stand up to china. e romney has railed against cho china's trade tactics. >> my own view on the relationship with china is this. china is stealing our patents, our designs, know-how, brand names. they are hacking into our computers steeling information from not only corporate computers but government computers and manipulating their currency. for those who don't understand the impact of that, i have seen it. i have seen it. >> tough talk, right? none of these things stopped romney from allowing chinese investments into his portfolio. his returns show the romney family owning shares of a chinese oil company. romney dumped the shares this summ
maybe this is why romney's returns list the united states of america as a foreign country. you can understand the confusion. romney's blind trust investments also raised eyebrows. romney himself has called a blind trust an age-old rouge. instead, you can give a blind trust rules. but in his 2011 returns, romney didn't have many rules about chinese investments. mitt romney all along has been the candidate who says president obama did not stand up to china. e romney has railed against cho china's...
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is that going to be okay with the united states? it's probably not going to be okay with the united states. who knows. everybody would understand that this is not going to be okay. given this company and their history and their intentions here. the only people who would not understand that not going through, the only people not understanding that being kiboshed are the people invested in cnooc, people invested in this company that calls itself a weapon. one of the investors in cnooc happens to be running for president of the united states. guess who it is? if you guessed gary johnson, no. it's not virgil goode. it would be mitt romney. he's an investor in this chinese-owned oil company. or at least he was. his tax returns just released on friday showed seven months after it was reported this company was doing this huge deal with iran, nobody is supposed to be doing energy deals with iran, it was not a secret, seven months after mitt romney invested in that company doing business with iran. and then he invested some more with then. t
is that going to be okay with the united states? it's probably not going to be okay with the united states. who knows. everybody would understand that this is not going to be okay. given this company and their history and their intentions here. the only people who would not understand that not going through, the only people not understanding that being kiboshed are the people invested in cnooc, people invested in this company that calls itself a weapon. one of the investors in cnooc happens to...
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we're going to be going forward and remind the entire world just why it is the united states is the greatest nation on earth. thank you, everybody! god bless you. >> when the day comes that
we're going to be going forward and remind the entire world just why it is the united states is the greatest nation on earth. thank you, everybody! god bless you. >> when the day comes that
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we're going to be going forward and remind the entire world just why it is the united states is the greatest nation on earth. thank you, everybody! god bless you. >> when the day comes that barack obama joins his fellow presidents here, children will look up and ask their parents, what was that like? how did it feel? and we will say, each of us in our own way, that this event that happened in our time made america bigger a
we're going to be going forward and remind the entire world just why it is the united states is the greatest nation on earth. thank you, everybody! god bless you. >> when the day comes that barack obama joins his fellow presidents here, children will look up and ask their parents, what was that like? how did it feel? and we will say, each of us in our own way, that this event that happened in our time made america bigger a
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we don't do that in the united states. it's not the role of government. and frankly, anyone in an embassy -- and you can see how poorly it worked out, by the way. it didn't make anyone safer when that statement was issued. >> let me ask you something about this, lawrence. i think one of the things that's somewhat confusing to me when i hear some of these arguments is that i don't -- the obama administration continued for -- brought us out of the war in iraq, but did the surges in afghanistan, although it's beginning to draw that war down. they significantly stepped up drone attacks in pakistan and in afghanistan. they did end up killing not just a large slew of al qaeda number twos, but also in the end, osama bin laden. it feels strange to say, or it feels -- it's hard for me to see this as sort of an apologetic approach to the war on terror. >> what a lot of people are referring to is the cairo speech that president obama launched his reset with the islamic world with. that speech was a disaster, and it was wrong. and what you're saying, gaving president
we don't do that in the united states. it's not the role of government. and frankly, anyone in an embassy -- and you can see how poorly it worked out, by the way. it didn't make anyone safer when that statement was issued. >> let me ask you something about this, lawrence. i think one of the things that's somewhat confusing to me when i hear some of these arguments is that i don't -- the obama administration continued for -- brought us out of the war in iraq, but did the surges in...
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with those who were at that time attacking the united states. by early this morning, after it became clear that a u.s. ambassador named christopher stevens had been killed in libya, after it became clear that mr. romney's timeline of events in egypt was completely wrong, the republican presidential nominee took to the podium and he did not walk back his initial remarks. he decided to double down on them. >> the statement that came from the administration and t, and t embassy is the administration, the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to apology, and i think was a severe miscalculation. the statements were inappropriate. and in my view, a disgraceful statement on the part of our administration to apologize for american values. >> "a part of the u.s. government was under attack." mitt romney responded while the attack was still going on, to attack that same part of the u.s. government. called the actions of embassy personnel in egypt, "disgra "disgraceful." just like in previous situations, some of the hars
with those who were at that time attacking the united states. by early this morning, after it became clear that a u.s. ambassador named christopher stevens had been killed in libya, after it became clear that mr. romney's timeline of events in egypt was completely wrong, the republican presidential nominee took to the podium and he did not walk back his initial remarks. he decided to double down on them. >> the statement that came from the administration and t, and t embassy is the...
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romney has repeatedly accused the president of the united states of leading from behind. as president, romney says that he would take a different approach to solve conflict in the middle east. he would do nothing. back in may speaking to the same group of donors at the private fundrais fundraiser, romney dismissed prospects for peace between israel and the palestinians. >> joining me tonight political analyst richard wolf. he studied foreign policy. the white house says that romney is offering the wrong approach. a top diplomat told bloomberg news that romney shows complete ignorance of facts and realities. but kick the ball down the field, doesn't this fly in the face of all of the criticism that romney has thrown at president obama? unpack if for us. >> i'm not a psychologist, but i think this is what they call projects. you say the other person is doing something, but really that's what you intend. american leadership in the world is absolutely critical. if you believe, and this is the romney position, this is the republican position, that actually this president has b
romney has repeatedly accused the president of the united states of leading from behind. as president, romney says that he would take a different approach to solve conflict in the middle east. he would do nothing. back in may speaking to the same group of donors at the private fundrais fundraiser, romney dismissed prospects for peace between israel and the palestinians. >> joining me tonight political analyst richard wolf. he studied foreign policy. the white house says that romney is...
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was the president born in the united states? under our constitution he has to be born here to be president. io republican primary voters, people who voted already this year 37% don't think barack obama was born here. 25 thest was american born and, therefore, a legitimate president. when you ask the president's religion, this gets scary. a majority of all voters don't take him at his word. just 49%. this is all voters, say he's a christian, which is what he says he is. and 30% of republicans and 34% simple as that.cansa now, here's the point, these bad numbers, saying it twice wrong, these 34%, they're twice what they were four years ago. when he ca in people took him at face value. m icorbvly. i got a whole history, it was announced when i was born in honolulu, in all the papers there, and i am what i am, a christian. i go to this church that caused him a lot of trouble. do we remember that? he went to a church, jeremiah wright's church that got him in all the trouble. so why have wehangedm th anger about his church with wright
was the president born in the united states? under our constitution he has to be born here to be president. io republican primary voters, people who voted already this year 37% don't think barack obama was born here. 25 thest was american born and, therefore, a legitimate president. when you ask the president's religion, this gets scary. a majority of all voters don't take him at his word. just 49%. this is all voters, say he's a christian, which is what he says he is. and 30% of republicans...
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nothing terribly unusual in that resume for an attorney general of the united states. nothing unique. there is only one unique thing about eric holder as an attorney general of the united states. eric holder is the first and only african-american attorney general this country has ever had. that is what is unique about eric holder as an attorney general. he's black. and every person at the mitt romney fundraiser knew that, especially the old republican who knew all about the criminals, the convicted criminals that richard nixon had as attorneys general, and still insisted to mitt romney and everyone in that room that eric holder is the most corrupt attorney jernl that we've had in american history. how did eric holder get that label in that room with those rich republicans? did eric holder get that label by being attorney general while black? you don't want to think that. you want to think better of the people in that room. but there was nothing said in that room, not one word spoken in that room by anyone in that room, that indicates in any way, that those people are b
nothing terribly unusual in that resume for an attorney general of the united states. nothing unique. there is only one unique thing about eric holder as an attorney general of the united states. eric holder is the first and only african-american attorney general this country has ever had. that is what is unique about eric holder as an attorney general. he's black. and every person at the mitt romney fundraiser knew that, especially the old republican who knew all about the criminals, the...
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states are poor. when we give them an early start, when we give them pre-k education, we level the playing field for them. we make it -- there's proof about this. everybody knows this. so when ryan and romney say they are cutting them out, what they're really saying is that only some kids, not all kids, should get a chance for success. and what president clinton said yesterday in supporting the nomination of the re-election of barack obama, he said that our country succeeds when we are about all children. when we are about all workers. we see that when we say let's make sure that all kids get a great shot. that's what created a great middle class. and that's what we have to do in terms of the day-to-day work we do with the american voters. isn't it better to spend some money to ensure that all kids get a decent pre-k, get a shot at college, than spend three or four times as much on prison. >> george, how do we deal with the people not to the level of enthusiasm we want. 62% of registered republicans a
states are poor. when we give them an early start, when we give them pre-k education, we level the playing field for them. we make it -- there's proof about this. everybody knows this. so when ryan and romney say they are cutting them out, what they're really saying is that only some kids, not all kids, should get a chance for success. and what president clinton said yesterday in supporting the nomination of the re-election of barack obama, he said that our country succeeds when we are about...
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let's watch the secretary. >> let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and its message. >> why doesn't romney say that? would that offend one of his people? these people that keep staring up wars by burning koran, flushing down the toilet, paying on them, whatever they are doing lately, is doing nothing but killing american soldiers. david? >> chris, romney has painted himself into a corner as the no apology guy, mr. never back down. there are a lot of people on the republican right who are bought into this idea that there's a clash of civilizations going on. you see this every day on the internet and i guess romney in a kind of political opportunist way does not want to offend people that are going to be supporters of his. he's got to break out of that. he just -- every time a foreign policy issue comes up, he hits a clinker and he just comes across as a guy who doesn't have a feel for the way the war works. who talks through sound bites. we'll see whether he can f
let's watch the secretary. >> let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and its message. >> why doesn't romney say that? would that offend one of his people? these people that keep staring up wars by burning koran, flushing down the toilet, paying on them, whatever they are doing lately, is doing nothing but killing american soldiers. david? >> chris,...
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. >> if i become president of the united states, i will not take god out of my heart. i will not take god out of the public square and i will not take it out of the platform on my party. >> i will not take god out of my heart? okay. okay. but surely the mr. fix it gave his vision on the economy. >> i will not take god out of the name of our platform. >> i will not take god off our coins and i will not take god out of my heart. we're a nation bestowed by god. we believe in a nation under god, a nation indivisible and we, the american people, are given our rights not by government but by god himself. >> he won't take god out of his heart and did i miss something? white house press secretary jay carney said, quote, the president believes as much that god should be taken off a coin as he does that aliens will attack florida. it's an absurd question to be raised. but there is a reason mr. economy is now mr. god. he needs the evangelical base. over the weekend, governor romney had a private meeting with the far right televangelist who also showed up at one of his rallies and
. >> if i become president of the united states, i will not take god out of my heart. i will not take god out of the public square and i will not take it out of the platform on my party. >> i will not take god out of my heart? okay. okay. but surely the mr. fix it gave his vision on the economy. >> i will not take god out of the name of our platform. >> i will not take god off our coins and i will not take god out of my heart. we're a nation bestowed by god. we believe...
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is that any reason to make some guy president of the united states? is it. there's a reason obama got a bounce and romney did a thud. one guy people really love in charlotte giving the speeches of their lives, bill and michelle and deval patrick and castro. remember what romney got? chris christie up there giving testimonials to themselves. they barely got around to paying for their supper they were so full of themselves. romney has had two chippies, going over to get acquainted with the brits and going to tampa to get the kudos. in both cases he ended up laying more eggs than the easter bunny but people like the easter bunny. joining me is howard fineman and jim vandehei. it seems to me what happened the last two weeks was patently obvious. within convention worked, one didn't. one was sweet, one was sour. one you felt the vibes of happiness. the other one was you felt something but it was usually hatred of the president. >> yeah. well, chris, i spent every evening on the floor of the convention at both conventions, and at the republican convention there wa
is that any reason to make some guy president of the united states? is it. there's a reason obama got a bounce and romney did a thud. one guy people really love in charlotte giving the speeches of their lives, bill and michelle and deval patrick and castro. remember what romney got? chris christie up there giving testimonials to themselves. they barely got around to paying for their supper they were so full of themselves. romney has had two chippies, going over to get acquainted with the brits...
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as he's finding out, that's not the way the game plays if you want to be leader of the united states. >> there are chinks in his armor, by thway. he didn't count on the knight from arkansas showing up either, bill cnton. >> sir lancelot. >> sir lancelot shed up in the fiel and he's not the guy to jouinth thank you, to complete the last reference to that metaphor. >>> coming up, more right wing vitriol. newt gingrich said president obama isn't a real president, he said that last night, he says he's a false president. when will this rig wing effort stop to stop the legitimacy of issi? l a t reltless campaign. >>> also, the lead president obama enjoys in the polls may be helping democrats on otherob niwetao se senate. candidate whose fortunes are on the rise, wisconsin's tammy baldwin. mitt romney isn't succeeding as a solo act so the romney campaign is putting mitt romney and paul ryan on the campaign trail together,t karaoke duet, i guess. what does it tell you the big draw on the republican ticket is the number two guy? let me finish tonight with how the democratic party has a huge op
as he's finding out, that's not the way the game plays if you want to be leader of the united states. >> there are chinks in his armor, by thway. he didn't count on the knight from arkansas showing up either, bill cnton. >> sir lancelot. >> sir lancelot shed up in the fiel and he's not the guy to jouinth thank you, to complete the last reference to that metaphor. >>> coming up, more right wing vitriol. newt gingrich said president obama isn't a real president, he said...
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that's what we do here in the united states of america. that's what happens in louisiana. when disasters like this happen, we set aside whatever petty disagreements we may have. we're just americans looking out for one another. i couldn't be prouder of -- >> that's president obama in louisiana touring the damage from hurricane isaac. we'll be back from charlotte in a minute with much more on the eve of the democratic convention. this is "hardball," the place for politics. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. nothing complicated about a pair of 10 inch hose clamp pliers. you know what's complicated? shipping. shipping's complicated. not really. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the p
that's what we do here in the united states of america. that's what happens in louisiana. when disasters like this happen, we set aside whatever petty disagreements we may have. we're just americans looking out for one another. i couldn't be prouder of -- >> that's president obama in louisiana touring the damage from hurricane isaac. we'll be back from charlotte in a minute with much more on the eve of the democratic convention. this is "hardball," the place for politics. one is...
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the people who are responsible for vetting to be president of the united states, that would be us, and we are not allowed to have ten years from mitt romney. we are only allowed to see one year of mitt romney's tax returns and a summary of the second year, at least so far. the question of why mr. romney will not release more tax returns has dogged his campaign. over his summer, a laundry list of republicans called on him to release the returns. that followed more republicans who did so during the primaries. harry reid went on a tear loudly and publically accusing mr. romney based on a hearsay source of having paid zero taxes for ten years. mr. romney denies that. he says he's never paid less than 13% in taxes. he does just say that. we're supposed to trust him that that's true. the problem with us just trusting, the problem with us not seeing the evidence of what's in his taxes is that the last time mr. romney asked voters to trust him about what was in his taxes that he didn't want to show, we just had to trust him, was when he told massachusetts voters in 2002 when he was running for
the people who are responsible for vetting to be president of the united states, that would be us, and we are not allowed to have ten years from mitt romney. we are only allowed to see one year of mitt romney's tax returns and a summary of the second year, at least so far. the question of why mr. romney will not release more tax returns has dogged his campaign. over his summer, a laundry list of republicans called on him to release the returns. that followed more republicans who did so during...
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but mitt romney accepted the nomination to be president of the united states of america without a single word for the more than 80,000 americans who are serving right now in afghanistan. in an attempt to explain why that happened or why everybody should be okay with it, a senior romney campaign aide, my friend, eric fernstrom, argued that mr. romney addressed the war in afghanistan just the day before his convention speech, when he spoke to the american legion in indiana. in that american legion speech, it's true, mr. romney did say two sentences about the war in afghanistan. literally, here's exactly what he said. "we are still at war in afghanistan. we still have uniformed men and women in conflict, risking their lives." that's it. that's the two sentences he uttered the day before his convention speech. and that treatment on the war is why he didn't have anything left to say about our current war the following day when he was accepting the nomination. i guess those two sentences exhausted it for him, pretty much. the day after the republican convention wrapped up, president obama went
but mitt romney accepted the nomination to be president of the united states of america without a single word for the more than 80,000 americans who are serving right now in afghanistan. in an attempt to explain why that happened or why everybody should be okay with it, a senior romney campaign aide, my friend, eric fernstrom, argued that mr. romney addressed the war in afghanistan just the day before his convention speech, when he spoke to the american legion in indiana. in that american...
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that tony get together where the republican nominee for president of the united states shared his deepest beliefs about the two kinds of people in this country, those who give, like him, and those who take and loaf and vote for obama. joining me now is david corn with mother jones the author of "showdown," out in paper back, and "new york times" jonathan heilemann. we have new tape to show you from that fund-raiser including what he said about the israeli/palestinian conflict. before we get to that, here is that shocking tape from romney talking about the 47% of americans who he says are definitely not voting for -- are definitely voting for obama, not for him. he was answering a question from a donor apparently. the tape was first posted by the great mother jones magazine. let's watch. >> 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. all right. there are 47% who are with him who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, to food, t
that tony get together where the republican nominee for president of the united states shared his deepest beliefs about the two kinds of people in this country, those who give, like him, and those who take and loaf and vote for obama. joining me now is david corn with mother jones the author of "showdown," out in paper back, and "new york times" jonathan heilemann. we have new tape to show you from that fund-raiser including what he said about the israeli/palestinian...
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at age 5 or 6, there was revolution and they came back to the united states. and my dad had to get help, financial help, the government helped his family to be able to get on their feet again. by the way, that's the way america works. we have big hearts. we care for people who have needs. we help get them back. we help lift them up. then we don't make that a permanent lifestyle. we don't have them become government dependents. we help people. they get them on their feet. and then they build a brighter future. >> where was this belief system when romney was talking to the big money crowd back in may? romney sounds a heck of a lot different than the guy in boca raton who made a character judgment about half country. >> these are people who pay no income tax. 47% of americans pay no income tax. our message of low taxes doesn't connect. out there talking about tax cuts to the rich. that's what they sell every four years, and so my job is not to worry about those people. they should take personal responsibility -- >> okay, so mitt romney seems confused. wait a minu
at age 5 or 6, there was revolution and they came back to the united states. and my dad had to get help, financial help, the government helped his family to be able to get on their feet again. by the way, that's the way america works. we have big hearts. we care for people who have needs. we help get them back. we help lift them up. then we don't make that a permanent lifestyle. we don't have them become government dependents. we help people. they get them on their feet. and then they build a...
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states maintains its leadership for peace and justice and prosperity in the highly competitive world then you have to go to war for barack obama. [cheers and applause] lie in love our country so much. i know we are coming back for more than 200 years we have always come back. people have predicted our demise since washington was criticized for being a surveyor with false teeth. everyone who bets against america has lost money. we always come back. a little stronger and better. because in the end we champion the cause for which they place their lives and fortunes an honor in order to form a more perfect union [cheers and applause] if that is what you want, what you believe then you must vote for barack obama god bless you. god bless america. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] neil: you could not ask for sa batter or more well delivered speech to deliver your policy is that barack obama got from bill clinton tonight. agree or disagree of the government's role of health care and what he has done on the stimulus front, if those programs work to your advantage, and no
states maintains its leadership for peace and justice and prosperity in the highly competitive world then you have to go to war for barack obama. [cheers and applause] lie in love our country so much. i know we are coming back for more than 200 years we have always come back. people have predicted our demise since washington was criticized for being a surveyor with false teeth. everyone who bets against america has lost money. we always come back. a little stronger and better. because in the...
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we have greatest hits. 2010 when first the united states started to go followed by aipathednd then 33 delegations walked out. even costa rica snubbed iran that year. in may 22 nations giving him the one fingeralute while he kept talking. fave,t haenedo ta them in front of his podium to the sound of much applause. he has another nine months in office. so glad. so maybe we will get to celebrate walk out on ahmadinejad day. but until then, i take great comfort in showing him what we think of him to his face. i have to say there is the grave
we have greatest hits. 2010 when first the united states started to go followed by aipathednd then 33 delegations walked out. even costa rica snubbed iran that year. in may 22 nations giving him the one fingeralute while he kept talking. fave,t haenedo ta them in front of his podium to the sound of much applause. he has another nine months in office. so glad. so maybe we will get to celebrate walk out on ahmadinejad day. but until then, i take great comfort in showing him what we think of him...
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states to apologize for distance itself from this bigoted anti-islam video. well, neither our state department nor our country, nor i think if i can say so, most americans have any reason to defend this vile and previously obscure video that surfaced online from some extremist. it is frustrating for the foreign policy and the diplomacy at stake here to have someone of mr. romney's stature implying wrongly that somehow we need to defend this crap. >> steve clemens, there's a statement that the romney campaign policy director made to "theew york times" which indicates that they were waiting for something like this, they were waiting to pounce. she said, we've had this consistent critique and narrative on obama's foreign policy and we felt this was a situation that met our critique. so, steve, she's saying they were waiting for something and they saw this and they thought, okay, this is it, here we go. and they jumped out there with the attack. and so this seems to have been premeditated even before the events developed. >> sure it was, lawrence. and i think tha
states to apologize for distance itself from this bigoted anti-islam video. well, neither our state department nor our country, nor i think if i can say so, most americans have any reason to defend this vile and previously obscure video that surfaced online from some extremist. it is frustrating for the foreign policy and the diplomacy at stake here to have someone of mr. romney's stature implying wrongly that somehow we need to defend this crap. >> steve clemens, there's a statement that...
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why is this guy still able to walk before a camera and say, i want to be a united states senator? >> well, first of all, i love the idea that he has a democratic woman in his campaign photo there, because, of course, democrats are the one most enthusiastic about him remaining in the race. because he's the one likeliest to hand the seat right back to them. you know, this is maybe the luckiest man alive, because he had this horrible scandal, looked like he was going down, then the conventions came. and now mitt romney's in trouble. that's the bigger distraction for the republicans than what's happening in missouri. all eyes are off him. the democrats are laying low. they don't want to bring this thing up again, until they hit the 25th, when he has to stay on the ballot. then all kinds of hell is going to be unleashed on him. >> shirra, just to remind everybody, this is the guy who speaks in a way that's so condescending toward women, that even he seems to be suggesting a woman who has to go through the hell of reporting not only going through a rape, which has within in the past a c
why is this guy still able to walk before a camera and say, i want to be a united states senator? >> well, first of all, i love the idea that he has a democratic woman in his campaign photo there, because, of course, democrats are the one most enthusiastic about him remaining in the race. because he's the one likeliest to hand the seat right back to them. you know, this is maybe the luckiest man alive, because he had this horrible scandal, looked like he was going down, then the...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. put me at 5 timesgreater risk o, irregular heartbeat my first thoughts were about my wife, and my family. i have the most commonype of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, praxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35% better than warfarin. and unlike warfarin, with pradaxa, there's no need for regular blood tests. that's really important to me. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, hav
i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. put me at 5 timesgreater risk o, irregular heartbeat my first thoughts were about my wife, and my family. i have the most commonype of atrial fibrillation, or afib....
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or would you help the people of the united states? so when we say to be wiped, we say for occupation to be wiped off from this world. for war seeking to be wiped off and eradicated. the killing of women and children to be eradicated and we propose the path. we propose the way. the path is to recognize the right of the palestinians to self-governance, allow the people of palestine to make decisions regarding their own future. imagine one day in palestine there is no longer occupation. occupation no longer exists in palestine. >> do you believe -- >> translator: what else would remain? >> do you believe in a two-state solution? >> translator: about the decision of the people of palestine i cannot express an opinion. that is their prerogative. but the people of palestine must be allowed by everyone and helped by everyone to allow them, to give them the right to choose for themselves, to choose their own future. >> if they agreed, mr. president -- if the palestinians agree to deal with the israelis, which recognized a two-state solution,
or would you help the people of the united states? so when we say to be wiped, we say for occupation to be wiped off from this world. for war seeking to be wiped off and eradicated. the killing of women and children to be eradicated and we propose the path. we propose the way. the path is to recognize the right of the palestinians to self-governance, allow the people of palestine to make decisions regarding their own future. imagine one day in palestine there is no longer occupation. occupation...
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states but is lower and lower. this is not a place for companies want to come. lori: what should we be spending in regulatory costs given are lackluster pay? >> it's going to get worse before it gets better. the administration's different after the election and an enormous amount of regulatory activity. the right thing to do is actually just sort of stop issuing new regulations for a while. take a timeout. then put in a system where if you want to add a regulation something else has to go. you're forced to pick and do it wisely. certainly congress there is no escape. we're hurting the economy. unless we change the laws, the regulations that implement them will state. lori: can you tell me or is it fair to suggest that these burdensome costs are actually shaving points of gdp? >> there is no question about that. again, if i told you there have been a $500 billion tax increase will be talking and howard slow gdp growth. we know the debt burden is slowing gdp growth. its other shock that we are crawling along at somet
states but is lower and lower. this is not a place for companies want to come. lori: what should we be spending in regulatory costs given are lackluster pay? >> it's going to get worse before it gets better. the administration's different after the election and an enormous amount of regulatory activity. the right thing to do is actually just sort of stop issuing new regulations for a while. take a timeout. then put in a system where if you want to add a regulation something else has to...
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you said the retirement account says i have that but it is gone spin make you compare the united states to the know good brother? >> yes. you contribute all your life is not there. john: they said it is in insurance plan. they spend ii. >> we need of safety net to. >> i am 33 years old. >> i am group a.u. off. >> i am fine with that because i understand the value. hypothetically the reality is people's through their 80s and 90s we have to support. >> 3.6 million people per year entering that age of 65. becoming fully eligible and the money is not there. >> i am day baby-boomers. >> you should be bad. tell me why this is wrong. excuse me. i need at this. i will not give it back. not just to you. [laughter] >> this is generational socialism but i need to support people. john: it is cruel. >> i wish us back to america been prosperity but this is the new normal. >> we need to confront the situation. congress and people have to adjust and assets could be sold. >> put your 85 year-old father is in your living room. john: on that note. lamont hill. charles goyette. apparently americans are app
you said the retirement account says i have that but it is gone spin make you compare the united states to the know good brother? >> yes. you contribute all your life is not there. john: they said it is in insurance plan. they spend ii. >> we need of safety net to. >> i am 33 years old. >> i am group a.u. off. >> i am fine with that because i understand the value. hypothetically the reality is people's through their 80s and 90s we have to support. >> 3.6...
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one of the difficult issues for the united states is how do we react to this? because we've got our fifth fleet stationed in bahrain. bahrain has been a friend of the united states for last several many decades and there is this tension between our commitment to human rights, our commitment to our democratic principles on the one hand which are vitally important for us but our real world, concrete interests insuring the flow of oil through the straits of hormuz which you covered. insuring that we have stable relations and influence with governments in the region like saudi arabia who have an in this. melissa: i want to talk about the video we're looking at here. he is trying to make the case, he said this repeatedly and very open about it when were doing the interview and didn't shy away from the question. when you have people in the streets throwing molotov cocktails you are putting in jeopardy the safety of the rest of our citizens. he makes it sounds like you have a few people causing trouble the other side would say these are a few people standing up for de
one of the difficult issues for the united states is how do we react to this? because we've got our fifth fleet stationed in bahrain. bahrain has been a friend of the united states for last several many decades and there is this tension between our commitment to human rights, our commitment to our democratic principles on the one hand which are vitally important for us but our real world, concrete interests insuring the flow of oil through the straits of hormuz which you covered. insuring that...
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it is time for the united states to lead. we didn't lead. we should have lead. after kioto it is time now nor the united states to team with china and lead us forward out of where we are and into a new responsibility as global citizens. the united states doesn't have to battle to lead the world. you are already leading. you have leaders who are emerging out there. this is a globalized world. keep doing what you are doing and believe in young people. believe in technology and science and have leaders like them lead the way. >> sit a marathon. not a sprint. i'm 37, i've done all the things you could possibly do with music and i never thought i would be able to do those things when i was in the get thouhettghetto o queen's jubilee or do this program. or beam the song back to the planet earth to educate kids to take an interest in stem. i'm dedicating my life to stem to create a new system with my little neighborhood to turn these kids into entrepreneur and educators. >> good for you. >> we are trying to inspire individuals and also to take our political system forw
it is time for the united states to lead. we didn't lead. we should have lead. after kioto it is time now nor the united states to team with china and lead us forward out of where we are and into a new responsibility as global citizens. the united states doesn't have to battle to lead the world. you are already leading. you have leaders who are emerging out there. this is a globalized world. keep doing what you are doing and believe in young people. believe in technology and science and have...
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everyone knows he is a good debater and he is the sitting president of the united states. i definitely think that because in as an underdog. neil: you and for study michele obama, critics of both say each of you gave better speeches and your husband. what do you think of that? >> well, i don't know if i agree. i think my husband's was terrific. it was different. i mean, we obviously are talking about different things. you want to have more fun and more interesting, you might listen to the women speak because we have an opportunity to talk about family and personal things. if you have to listen to policy which is obviously not as entertaining, you would certainly think that in both cases. neil: do you get a sense in this race, mrs. romney, it always comes down to they have it made. now, in your convention speech you mentioned, it was not always that way. a lot of people have seized on your remarks. meet the press were you said, we have not had a financial struggle in our lives as if you didn't have a struggle. what you said in your speech about, you know, everything else th
everyone knows he is a good debater and he is the sitting president of the united states. i definitely think that because in as an underdog. neil: you and for study michele obama, critics of both say each of you gave better speeches and your husband. what do you think of that? >> well, i don't know if i agree. i think my husband's was terrific. it was different. i mean, we obviously are talking about different things. you want to have more fun and more interesting, you might listen to the...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be rehearsing off of his phone. [ candidate ] and thanks to every young face i see out there. [ woman ] his phone is one of his biggest supporters. [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center... working together has never worked so well. ♪ ♪ >>> my next guests are side by side in the country music charts, but when it comes to politics they couldn't be further apart. they're big and rich, close friends and polar opposites, one liberal, the other conservative. >> whoa, whoa,
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states. it has a nationwide idea here. it has its own $5 instead of $1 niche. it doesn't sell cold weather gear. paloalto gives you cyber security. i think they will both tell us good things. tuesday morning, we hear from united natural foods. what a horse this has been. no ending to the theme of natural foods. just a limited number of players. this could refocus people on haines celestial and whole foods. neither is cheap but i think they go higher over time. mondays tend to be down days because people keep waiting for the chinese to act. we need tome the them to get busy cutting. i suspect we'll be down on monday. uh suggest you use deep in the money strategies to buy hain or whole foods. if they are down and today's losses whole foods came back the other day. unfi's numbers could get them moving. ideas. whole foods january 80 calls or february 65 calls for hain. not a lot of premium. you get stopped out t at a level higher than the stocks could go if they disappointed. how about wednesday?
states. it has a nationwide idea here. it has its own $5 instead of $1 niche. it doesn't sell cold weather gear. paloalto gives you cyber security. i think they will both tell us good things. tuesday morning, we hear from united natural foods. what a horse this has been. no ending to the theme of natural foods. just a limited number of players. this could refocus people on haines celestial and whole foods. neither is cheap but i think they go higher over time. mondays tend to be down days...
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>> translator: of course the polls taken inside the united states show that over 75% of the united states population are still somewhat nebulous about the real reasons of that event, of those events. what i said were a number of questions. an event has occurred. due to that, two countries have been occupied and the conflict still continues. every day, hundreds of people in afghanistan, pakistan and iraq are killed. would it not have been better to have a more precise analysis and find out the true in-depth reason of the events of september 11th, make that -- make those findings transparent to the populations in the nations across the world, and then have a response in unison. of course, the expense would have been much less. do you know how much has been spent during the afghan and iraq war? >> a considerable amount of money but let me ask you this, mr. president. if nearly 3,000 iranians had been murdered in the way that americans were on 9/11, in tehran, how would you have reacted to the country that you believed had done that? >> translator: so you are saying that the country of afghan
>> translator: of course the polls taken inside the united states show that over 75% of the united states population are still somewhat nebulous about the real reasons of that event, of those events. what i said were a number of questions. an event has occurred. due to that, two countries have been occupied and the conflict still continues. every day, hundreds of people in afghanistan, pakistan and iraq are killed. would it not have been better to have a more precise analysis and find out...
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i think foreigners should definitely love the united states. they should definitely love president obama because every country is getting rich on us. in particular, china and the opec nations. they're getting absolutely rich dealing with the united states because we have people that are incompetent and don't know what they're doing. >> in terms of domestic issues, the fed and bernanke say rates are going to stay exceptionally low until 2015. you surprised fwha? mid-2015. we're talking about three years of these low rates. why would anybody be in a rush to do anything with when you have plenty of time? >> they're creating phony numbers. they're doing it through stimulus. the stimulus, many people would say, is the worst thing that can happen. the dollar will go down in value. inflation will start rearing its ugly head. i think probably those two things will ultimately make for change. we'll see what happens. inflation will happen. the dollar will go down. >> what's your take on this market, donald? you said you had some investments in this marke
i think foreigners should definitely love the united states. they should definitely love president obama because every country is getting rich on us. in particular, china and the opec nations. they're getting absolutely rich dealing with the united states because we have people that are incompetent and don't know what they're doing. >> in terms of domestic issues, the fed and bernanke say rates are going to stay exceptionally low until 2015. you surprised fwha? mid-2015. we're talking...
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it is sold in the united states. but the petrochemical industry, manufacturing, like i say, power, all these things, supply is going to grow. this is the largest market in the world. something, we'll see gas gradually incline over the next few years and work its way back up. melissa: back up to 5, 10? >> no, think we're talking about somewhere in the 4 to $5 range. melissa: really? >> if that were to occur and producers are happy, citizens are happy because everybody's power bill will be moderate, the government will be pleased and it works for everybody. so i'm hoping that's where we'll end up. melissa: you just bought 20 billion in shale assets last year. i mean obviously you're putting a lot of money on the line. you really believe in this. >> melissa we have 11 billion barrels of resources in the ground. it's real. we have 45 rigs working right now as i speak all across the united states in big, giant fields and every well has hydrocarbons to it. right now 80% or 85% of our rigs are drilling for oil rather than g
it is sold in the united states. but the petrochemical industry, manufacturing, like i say, power, all these things, supply is going to grow. this is the largest market in the world. something, we'll see gas gradually incline over the next few years and work its way back up. melissa: back up to 5, 10? >> no, think we're talking about somewhere in the 4 to $5 range. melissa: really? >> if that were to occur and producers are happy, citizens are happy because everybody's power bill...